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AN ANALYSIS OF TWO‐CENTER COMPETITION
Author(s) -
Kohsaka Hiroyuki
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1986.tb00338.x
Subject(s) - outflow , competition (biology) , center (category theory) , competition model , economics , scale (ratio) , consumer demand , econometrics , microeconomics , geography , ecology , biology , profit (economics) , chemistry , cartography , meteorology , crystallography
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the competition between the two centers which belong to different hierarchical levels. A two‐center competition model is constructed by applying the Lotka‐Volterra equations. This model includes as parameters the scale economies of central places, the consumer's outflow from the region, as well the distance between centers. As it is assumed in this model that the carrying capacity of the region will be affected by the consumer's outflow rate from it, the outflow rate is estimated by a demand generation model and then incorporated into the two‐center competition model.